Re: apparent wraparound

Florian G. Pflug wrote:
> Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>> You need to edit the postgresql.conf file and increase the
>> max_fsm_pages and
>  > max_fsm_relations parameters and then restart postgres (I think you
>  > have to actually stop and restart, as opposed to a reload, but I
> could be
>  > wrong). You may end up needing to adjust the total amount of RAM
>  > allocated to Shared Memory to allow for as large an FSM as you'll
>  > need. That requires a system reboot.
> Actually, it doesn't require a system reboot. On debian/ubunut, and
> AFAIK on redhat too, you just need to edit /etc/sysctl.conf, and
> then call sysctl -p to update the in-kernel settings.

Most modern day unix does not need to reboot...

FreeBSD (although there are a couple it still needs to reboot for IIRC)
Linux
MacOSX

None of these need to reboot to set those parameters.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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